The Kentucky Derby horses are on Twitter

When you watch the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, be sure to keep an eye on Twitter as some of the horses might be tweeting.

Seriously.

The horses have their own social media accounts. Of course, they aren’t actually doing the tweeting. That would be weird! Of the 20 contenders in the 140th Run for the Roses, 13 have either an official Twitter account or Facebook page, or their trainers and owners use their accounts to provide fans with updates of “behind-the-scenes glimpses of the horses’ lives,” according to the Louisville Courier-Journal.

The Courier-Journal reports that Dance With Fate “regularly tweets about his baths, his gallops and his visitors.” Sounds interesting.

Of course, just like any celebrity, there are fake Twitter accounts and Facebook pages for horses, so be weary.

“There is a Ride On Curlin Facebook page that was using all of my information and photos without giving any credit back to us,” said Lori Dougherty, co-owner of Ride On Curlin. “I still don’t know who created the page. I just know I couldn’t create a Facebook page for my horse because one already existed.”

When you watch the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, be sure to keep an eye on Twitter as some of the horses might be tweeting. Seriously. The (…)

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